rewards g of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

g 1Sa.9.7,8. Mi.3.11. Jude 11.

2

peradventure I shall prevail in fighting against him.

h Ge.22.16

18. Deut.33.29.

i Deut.23.5. 3 Be not thou letted.

10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; 2 peradventure I shall k ver.6. be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for h they are blessed.

13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth i to give me leave to go with you.

14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with

7 ch.24. 13.

m ch.23.26. 24.13. 1Ki.22.14.

n ver.9.

o ver.35.

ch.23. 12. p Ex.4.24.

q 2Ki.6.17.

Dan. 10.7.
Acts 22.9.
ICo,1.27-
29.

r 2Pet.2.16. s Ps. 12.10.

or, who

hast ridden upon

me.

5 or, thou

wast.

17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto met Ge.21.19. come k therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

6

18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If l Ba-u lak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I m cannot go be-yond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto

me more.

20 And n God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet o the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

2Ki.6.17. Lu.24.16,

31.

Ex.34.8.

or, bowed
himself.

v Ps. 145.9

to be an adversary unto thee. w 2Pet.2.14. Pr. 14.2. 28.18.

y 1Sa. 15.24, 30. 26.21.

8 be evil in thine eyes. z Job 34,31, 32.

22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and p the angel a Is.47.12. of the LORD stood in the way for an

23 And the ass saw g the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.

28 And the LORD opened r the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, s for now would I kill thee.

30 Ánd the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, 4 upon which thou hast ridden ever since 5 I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

31 Then the LORD opened t the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand and he bowed u down his head, and 6 fell flat on his face.

32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore has thou smitten thine ass v these three times? behold, I went out 7 to withstand thee, because thy w way is perverse x before me:

33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I y have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it 8 displease thee, I z will get me back again.

35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go a with the men:

Balak's sacrifice.

but b only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak so Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote c thee to ho

nour?

38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have f now any power at all to say any thing? the word d that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto 9 Kirjathhuzoth.

40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high e places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

CHAPTER XXIII.

seven rams.

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered b on every altar a bullock and a ram.

I Ex.33.16. Ezra 9.2. Ep.2.14. Ge. 13. 16. 2 my soul, or, my life.

m

n Ps.37.37. Pr. 14.32. 2Cor.5.1. 0 ch.22.11.

ram.

5 And the LORD put e a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, f and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse g me Jacob, and come, defy h Israel

8 How i shall I curse, whom God

v Ju.3.20.

Balaam's parables.

hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

9 For from the top of the rocks 1 see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, & and shall not be reckoned 10 Who m can count the dust of among the nations. Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let 4 me die the death n of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I o took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

12 And he answered and said, p Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my

mouth.

13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto q another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

14 T And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of 3 Pisgah, and built r seven altars, and offered s a bullock and a ram on every altar.

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

16 And the LORD met Balaam, and putt a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say

thus.

17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What u hath the LORD spoken?

18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise v up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

19 God w is not a man, that he

1Sa.15.29. should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath z he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Ps.89.35.
Ro.11.29.

1Ch.17.27.

Mi.7.20. y ch.22.12. z Jno. 10.28,

20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless, and he y hath blessed; and I cannot z reverse it. 21 He a hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD b his God is with him, and the shout c of a king is among them.

22 God d brought them out of Egypt he hath e as it were the strength of an unicorn.

23 Surely there is no enchantment 4 against Jacob, neither is there

Balaam prophesieth.

Balak dismisseth him. up the nations his enemies.and shal! break d their bones, and pierce e them through with his arrows.

f Ps.31.19.

Ge.49.9.

Mi.5.8.

h Ge.49.27.

9 le couched, he lay down as fa lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed g is he that blesseth thee, and cursed as he that curseth thee.

10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together and Balak said unto Balaam. I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, hehoid, h thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying. 13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what

ram on every altar.

CHAPTER XXIV.

Balaam prophesieth Israel's happi-d Ps.2.9.

ness.

AND when Balaam saw that it

e Ps.45.5. pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other f ch.23.24. times, 1 to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the g Ge.12.3. wilderness.

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, h Ne. 13.2. and he saw Israel abiding in his tents, according to their tribes; and a i Rev.1.7. the spirit of God came upon him.

3 And he took up his parable, and k Rev.22. 16. said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man 2 whose eyes are open hath said;

4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by b the river's side, as the trees of lign-aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as c cedar trees beside the waters.

7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat!

Ps. 110.2.

3 or, through the princes.

m Ps.60.8

12.

4 or, the nations that warred

5

against Israel, Ex.17.8,16.

or, even to

destruction, Ex.17.14. 1Sam. 15.3.

n Ge, 15.19.

6 Kain.

14 And now, behold, I go unto my people come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes

open:

17 I i shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Stark out of Jacob, and a Sceptre I shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite 3 the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

18 And Edom m shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies: and Israel shall do valiantly.

19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

20 T And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of 4 the nations; but his latter end shall be 5 that he perish for ever. 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

22 Nevertheless 6 the Kenite shall

Zimri and Cozbi slain.

23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who o shall live when God doeth this!

21 And ships p shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict q Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, r and he also shall perish for

ever.

25 And Balaam rose up, and went

or, how long shall it be ere. o Mal.3.2.

P Da. 11.30. 9 Ge.10.4.

r Ge. 10.21,

25.

13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an p everlasting priesthood; because he was q zealous for his God, and made an r atonement for the children of Israel.

14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince

CHAPTER XXV.

The Israelites' whoredom and idolatry. 6 Zimri and Cozbi slain.

A

a ch.33.49. Mi.6.5.

b ch.31.16.

1 Cor.10.8.

ND Israel abode in Shittim, a and the people began to com-c Ex.34.15, mit whoredom b with the daughters of Moab.

16.

d Ex.20.5.

2 And c they called the people e Jos.22.17. unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed d down to their gods.

3 And Israel joined e himself unto Baal-peor and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierceg anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay h ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal

peor.

6 And behold, one of the children of Israel came, and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman, in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping i before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Ps. 106.28,
29.
Hos.9.10.

f De. 13.6-9.
g Deut. 13.17.
h Ex.32 27.
i Joel 2.17.
k Ps. 106.30.

Deut.4.3. 1Cor. 10.7. m Ps. 106.23. Jno.3.36. 1 with my zeal.

n Ex.20.5. Deut.32. 16, 21.

1Ki. 14.22. Ps.78.58.

Eze. 16.38. Zep.1.18.

3.8.

7 And when Phinehas, k the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron theo Mal.2.4,5. priest, saw it, he rose up from p Ex.40.15. among the congregation, and took q Ps.69.9. a javelin in his hand; Heb.2.17. 2 house of a father. s ch.31.8.

8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Jos. 13.21. t ch.31 2. u ch.31.16. Rev.2.14.

v ver.8.

(CHAP. 26.) a ch.1.2.3. Ex.30.12. 38.25,26.

11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned m my wrath away from the children of Israel, (while he was zealous 1 for my sake among them,) that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. nc Ge.46.8. 12 Wherefore say, Behold I give

b ver.63. ch.35.1.

meonites.

15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; s he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

17 Vex t the Midianites, and smite them:

18 For they vex you u with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain v in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

CHAPTER XXVI. The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab.

AND it came to pass, after the

plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

2 Take a the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains b of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses, and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.

5 Reubenc the eldest son of Israel the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congre

family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zubulunites, according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hun dred.

28 The sons of Joseph q after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

29 Of the sons of Manasseh: ofr Machir, the family of the Machir

Jarib.

of Jachin, h the family of the Ja- i Ge.46.10.

chinites:

13 Of Zerah, i the family of the Zarhites of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

Zohar.

k Ge.46.16, Ziphion.

1 or, Ezbon, Ge.46.16.

m Ge.46.16, Arodi.

15 The children of Gad after) their families of Zephon, k the family of the Zephonites: of Hag-n Ge.38.2-10. gi, the family of the Haggites: of 1Ch.2.3,&c. Shuni, the family of the Shunites : 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites of Eri, the family of the Erites:

17 Of Arod, m the family of the Arodites of Areli, the fainily of the Arelites.

18 These are the families of the children of Gad, according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

19 The sons of Judah n were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

Ge.46.13.

1Chr.7.1.

1 or, Phuvah.

2 or, Job. p Ge.46.14.

q Ge.46.20. r Jos. 17.1. 1Chr.7.14, 15.

3 Called Abiezer. Jos.17.2. Ju.6.11,24, 34.

21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites of Hamul, the family of s ch.27.1. the Hamulites.

36.11.

t 1Chr.7.20.

u Ge.46.21. 1Chr.7.6.

22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were Bered. numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 Of the sons of Issachar o after their families of Tola, the Ge.46.21, family of the Tolaites: of 1 Pua, the family of the Punites: 24 Of 2 Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were. numbered of them, three score and four thousand and three hundred.

26 Of the sons of Zebulun p after their families: of Sered, the

Ehi. 1Chr.8.1. Aharah. w Ge.46.21,

Muppim, and Huppim. 1Chr.8.3,

Addar.

of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

30 These are the sons of Gilead: of 3 Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:

32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

33 And Zelophehad s the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and

Tirzah.

34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

35

These are the sons of Ephraim after their families of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher,t the family of the Bachrites of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites

37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim, according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

38 The sons of Benjamin & after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:

39 Of Shupham, w the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

40 And the sons of Bela were z Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.